New in Language Testing: a Letter to the Editor by Lynda Taylor engaging with my recent article on mentoring presidents in ELT associations. The letter opens up a wider conversation about professional membership, engagement, and leadership in our field. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

This evening I enjoyed speaking to around 100 teachers from Albania and other countries on how we can make the language classroom a more inclusive learning environment. Thanks to ELTA Albania for the invitation and to the British Council for supporting this initiative.

Tomorrow I'm going to be delivering an invited talk at the annual conference organised by ANP, an association for school leaders in Italy. This will be my first conference talk in Italian so I'm feeling more excited than usual 🙂 www.anp.it/convegno-ann...

Modern English Teacher has made my article on nurturing creativity in language schools available for free. pavilionelt.com/how-can-scho...

Our special issue on 'Technology-Enhanced Language Teacher Education: New Findings and Future Concerns' has now been published in the journal Technology in Language Teaching & Learning (volume 7, issue 2). Open access: www.castledown.com/journals/tlt...

For those interested in Aviation English, this is a newly published chapter co-authored with my colleague Nicole Falzon. If you don't have access, send me a direct message. doi.org/10.4324/9781...

The tenth and final part of a leadership series that started two years ago shows how school leaders can harness culture to spark creativity, innovation & belonging. 📖 Read the full article in Modern English Teacher (Vol. 34 No. 5): www.pavilionelt.com/met #Leadership #ELT #Culture

The latest issue of Modern English Teacher contains an article that develops some of the ideas I shared in my IATEFL plenary earlier this year. pavilionelt.com/met/

This newly published open access article examines the affordances of technology when seen as a reflective partner in language teacher education. It proposes a five-principle framework for technology-enhanced reflection. doi.org/10.29140/tlt...

I enjoyed this morning's plenary at the EdYOUFest Conference in Malta. The session focused on the intersection of reflection and technology in enhancing teachers' professional learning. Thanks to Giovanni Rottura for the invitation and to the ELT Council for supporting the event. 📸 Juan Ellul

On 25th September, I will be participating in a panel discussion organised by The PIE. Registration is open to anyone interested in current trends in the ELT sector in Malta and internationally. www.crowdcast.io/c/as-elt-dec...

Join me at the EdYOUFest Conference in Malta on 13th September. www.edyoufest.org/malta

On 23rd November, I'll be speaking about classroom research at the #TESOL25 PreK-12 Day, a post virtual convention event for primary and secondary mainstream and EAL teachers and administrators. Registration is now open: www.tesol.org/virtual/prek...

Almost at the end of the international summer school being held at the University of Prizren, Kosovo. I'm enjoying the experience of mentoring a lovely group of students enrolled on a course focusing on digital tools and interactive learning in the English classroom.

The penultimate instalment in my leadership series for Modern English Teacher focuses on how school leaders can: ✅ Lead with trust, openness & inspiration ✅ Build a culture of safety & collaboration ✅ Invest in creativity education ✅ Reward innovation meaningfully

Newly published study on mentoring presidents within English language teacher associations. Thanks to the participants for sharing their experiences, and the guest editors of the Special Issue that this open access article forms part of. doi.org/10.1080/1750...

How to partner with AI to engage with educational research. This is the recording of the British Council webinar held last week. youtu.be/gaYRg3lvQYY

Newly published article in The Use of English. This is the first piece based on the ideas I shared in my IATEFL plenary earlier this year. Download a copy: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...

In the Iatefl BESIG Conference Selections you can find an interview and an article stemming from my plenary on change and adaptability. There are many other engaging pieces there too. 🎤 Interview: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/... 💻 Article: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...

There were 825 participants in today's webinar on AI-facilitated critical engagement with published research. I really enjoyed contributing to the panel discussion by talking about four key competencies: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...

On 8 July at 12.00 (UK time), the British Council is organising a webinar on how educators can partner with AI in a critical manner. We will be discussing the role of criticality in AI-assisted engagement with information. Registration: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-eve...

It’s been a long but deeply rewarding day! A new group of novice speakers has just completed the ELT Council’s ‘How to Become a Speaker at an ELT Conference’ programme by delivering a talk or workshop in front of a live audience. 🎤 What a milestone!

Delivering a plenary at the Iatefl Conference in Edinburgh earlier this year is an experience I will long cherish. In the latest issue of Voices there is a review of the plenary penned by Hannah Tucker-Bloom. Plenary recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnZh...

I enjoyed delivering a plenary on adaptability at the conference organised by ILCA. It was a great few days in Malaga. Thank you to Fernanda Freytes Ramos for the visual summary of my talk, and to Ian King for the photo

📢📢 CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS "Academic Reading Circles: Theory, Practice, and Global Pedagogies" To participate, please kindly complete this form by August 1, 2025. Please share widely! FORM: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Later this week I'll be doing the opening plenary (and two workshops) at the annual conference organised by the Kosova English Teachers' Network. It's my first time in Kosovo, so I hope to do some sightseeing in Pristina. Thanks to the British Council for sponsoring my visit.

This month’s issue of EL Gazette has a special supplement on Malta. It also has a review of the IATEFL Conference mentioning my plenary on classroom research. Thanks for your kind words, Virginia Dooley! www.elgazette.com

Why does creativity stall in schools, and what can leaders do about it? This piece in Modern English Teacher explores the internal and external factors limiting innovation in private language schools and challenges common myths about creativity. www.modernenglishteacher.com

I'm looking forward to speaking to students at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza this Saturday. I'm sure there's a lot I can learn from the questions they're interested in investigating.

I'm pleased to share this open access article in which I review four recent volumes that invite us to reshape how we think about language teacher education. doi.org/10.29140/aja... #LanguageEducation #TeacherEducation #AppliedLinguistics #SocialJustice #TeacherIdentity

A brief article based on the plenary I gave last year at the conference organized by the Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês has just been published (pp. 9-18). Thanks to Carlos Lindade and the rest of the editorial team. repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10...

This time last week I was about to start my #IATEFL2025 plenary on classroom research. If you haven’t watched it yet, you can do so here (starts at 10.15): www.youtube.com/live/idYV9IE... www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/ne...

I’m pleased to share this newly published open access article. It is the first in a series of forthcoming research publications on the relationship between generative AI and writing instruction. Authored with Josianne Block. eurokd.com/doi/10.32038...

Teachers and Classroom Research: Ownership, Relevance, and Conceptualisations. This is the recording of my @iatefl.bsky.social plenary at #IATEFL2025 www.youtube.com/live/idYV9IE... Plenary starts at 10.15.

@danielxerri.bsky.social @danielxerri asking whether ‘research’ is a ‘dirty’ word? #IATEFL2025

Very excited about the plenary by @danielxerri.bsky.social on how to bridge researchers & teachers to encourage teachers to conduct research themselves in the classroom. How can teachers play a more active role in knowledge construction in a research field? #iatefl #IATEFL2025 @iatefl.bsky.social

@danielxerri.bsky.social sharing this fine quote from Donald Freeman on research. #IATEFL2025

Some excellent news today. We've been informed that our proposal for a Special Issue of ELT Journal on 'Teachers in Post-Conflict or Crisis-Affected ELT Contexts' has been accepted. Looking forward to working with my co-editor Luis Javier Pentón Herrera and an amazing line-up.

I enjoyed doing a plenary at the Eaquals Association Conference last week. In my talk I discussed the significance of creating a professional learning culture founded on collaboration in ELT schools. ELT Council 📸 Annabel Cutajar

This week sees the release of two new publications on engagement in the ELT sector. The first is a chapter with Shaun Sterling: www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/... The second is a continuation of my series on school leadership for Modern English Teacher: www.modernenglishteacher.com

At the end of this month I'll be delivering the closing plenary at the annual conference organised by Eaquals Association. The programme brings together some of the key teacher educators and LTO leaders from Europe and beyond. Registration is still open: www.eaquals.org/eaquals-even...

This is a newly published chapter that I particularly enjoyed writing since it enabled me to conduct classroom research on two topics that are close to my interests: reflection and the marine environment. Thanks to Natalia Wright for doing a splendid job as an editor. doi.org/10.1007/978-...

There is also a special track for IATEFL BESIG members. Have a look and get your proposal in!

Submit a proposal to give a talk or workshop at #ELTMALTA2025. The call is open until 15th May. ELT Council forms.gle/EKVxAPnhepKi...

I'm the keynote speaker at the 11th International Hybrid Conference on Second Language Studies (ICSLS-2025). Thanks to the European Knowledge Development Institute for the invitation. eurokd.com/conferencepa...

I’m looking forward to giving a plenary at the ILCA Conference in Malaga in June. International Language Coaching Association ilcaglobal.com/2025-confere...

The ELT Council is once again organizing a course for ELT professionals wishing to step into the role of conference speakers. Deadline for applications: 25 February. Since this is an in-person course, it is only available to professionals based in Malta.

I started my day with a talk on prompt engineering. Thanks to the 200 educators who joined the session, and to Educast International for a well organised event. The article on which my talk is based can be downloaded from here: www.danielxerri.com/uploads/4/5/...

Congratulations to my colleague Nicole Falzon on the publication of this chapter, which stems from a study exploring the experiences and practices of an international group of Aviation English teachers. If you don't have access to this publication, please DM me. doi.org/10.4018/979-...

In this review of the book Disseminating Your Action Research, I share some thoughts on practitioner research. If you don't have access to ELT Journal and would like to read the article, DM me. academic.oup.com/eltj/advance...